Shoe-brushing machine.



No. 7l0,628. Patented Oct; 7, I902.

C. A. SUNDGREN. SHOE BRUSHING' MACHINE.

(Application filed July-18, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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wan Lanes UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL A. SUND GREN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SHOE-BRUSHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 710,628, dated October7, 1902.

Application filed July 18, 1902. Serial No. 116,054. (No model.)

T 0 n. whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL A. SUNDGREN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the countyof Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Brushing Machines;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in a shoe-ln'ushing machine, andcomprises a series of brushes flexibly joined together and mounted on atrack around which they run horizontally.

The object of my invention is to construct a device of the abovecharacter that will be simple in its construction, strong and durable,and effectual in its operation.

\Vith such and other objects in View the invention is embodied in thenovel parts, arrangements, and combination of parts hereinafterdescribed, and particularly set forth in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a top plan.

Referring particularly to the drawings, 4 designates a suitablebed-plate, to which are secured standards 5. To each standard is secureda U-shaped bracket 6, and bolted or otherwise secured to the upper andlower inner ends of the same, as at 7, are guideways or tracks 8. Thebrushes are indicated at 9. They are flexibly joined by plates 10,secured to the adjoining ends of the same, pivot-bolts 10 passingthrough said plates and into each brush. A bolt 1O passes through theplates 10, and to each end of said bolt a grooved roller 11 is secured,which is adapted to run on the tracks 8. To the back of each brush issecured a guide 12 for a round belt 13,which passes over said guides andaround a grooved pulley lehwhich is keyed to a vertical shaft 15,mounted in suitable pivot-bearings 16 and a bracket 17, both of whichare secured to the bed-plate 4.. A driven pulley 18 is keyed to theshaft 15. Motion to this pulley is transmitted by means of a belt fromany suitable source of power, which motion is communicated to the pulley14, which in turn transmits said motion to the brushes by means ofbristles of the brushes are presented inwardly,

and the track is oval-shaped to correspond substantially to the outlineof a shoe. The shoe is placed in the space inclosed by the brushes andmay be so manipulated as to present all sides of it in contact with therotating brushes.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed as new, and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. A shoe-brushing machine comprising a plurality of brushes flexiblysecured together, and having belt-guides thereon, a track on which saidbrushes run, and a belt passing around the guides for communicatingmotion to said brushes, substantially as shown and described.

2. A shoe-brushing machine comprising a plurality of brushesflexiblysecured together, rollers secured to said brushes, a track onwhich said rollers are mounted,and means for communicating motion tosaid brushes, sub stantially as shown and described.

3. A shoe-brushing machine comprising a plurality of brushes flexiblysecured together, rollers secured to said brushes, a track on which saidrollers are mounted, belt-guides secured to the brushes, and means forcommunicating motion to said brushes, substantially as shown anddescribed.

a. A shoe-brushing machine comprising a bed-plate, standards securedthereto, an endless track secured to said standards, a plurality ofbrushes flexibly secured together,rollers secured to the brushes andmounted on the track, belt-guides secured to the brushes, apulleysecured in suitable bearings on the bedplate, a belt passing oversaid pulley and over the guides on the brushes,and means forcommunicating motion to said beltto run the brushes around the aforesaidtrack, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CARL A. SUNDGREN.

Witnesses:

NELLIE FELTSKOG, H. G. BATOHELOR.

